Sidse Babett Knudsen

2024

Actor

Danish actress Sidse Babett Knudsen is one of the great Nordic performers of her generation. Her first international breakthrough came with Susanne Bier’s Oscar-nominated After the Wedding, where she starred alongside Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård, and Stine Fischer Christensen. However, the role that made her an international star was her masterful portrayal of Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg in Borgen. She has also appeared in Westworld, The Woman from Brest, and The Duke of Burgundy.

In 2024, she was awarded the festival’s Nordic Honorary Dragon Award. Knudsen accepted the honorary prize during the premiere screening of her film Club Zero, which was followed by an Actors Talk.

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